2021 World Leaders — Women

compiled by T&FN Staff

(marks updated December 12, 2021)

(¶ = World Record performance; i = mark made indoors; A = altitude over 1000m)

Track Events
100 10.54 Elaine Thompson-Herah (Jamaica)
200 21.53 Elaine Thompson-Herah (Jamaica)
400 48.36 Shaunae Miller-Uibo (Bahamas)
800 1:55.04 Athing Mu (US)
1000 2:34.71 Mary Moraa (Kenya)
1500 3:51.07 Faith Kipyegon (Kenya)
Mile 4:14.74 Sifan Hassan (Netherlands)
Steeple 8:53.65 Norah Tanui (Kenya)
3000 8:19.08 Francine Niyonsaba (Burundi)
5000 14:13.32 Gudaf Tsegay (Ethiopia)
10,000 29:01.03 ¶ Letesenbet Gidey (Ethiopia)
100 Hurdles 12.26 Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (Puerto Rico)
400 Hurdles 51.46 ¶ Sydney McLaughlin (US)
Road Events
Half-Marathon 62:52 ¶ Letesenbet Gidey (Ethiopia)
Marathon 2:17:43 Joyciline Jepkosgei (Kenya)
20K Walk 1:23:49 Jiayu Yang (China)
50K Walk 4:03:07 Margarita Nikiforova (Russia)
Relay Events
4 x 100 41.02 Jamaica
4 x 400 3:16.85 United States
Field Events
High Jump   2.06 | 6-9i Yaroslava Mahuchikh (Ukraine)
   (outdoor)   2.05 | 6-8¾ Mariya Lasitskene (Russia)
Pole Vault   5.01 | 16-5¼ Anzhelika Sidorova (Russia)
Long Jump   7.17 | 23-6¼ Ese Brume (Nigeria)
Triple Jump 15.67 | 51-5 ¶ Yulimar Rojas (Venezuela)
Shot 20.58 | 67-6¼ Lijiao Gong (China)
Discus 71.16 | 233-5 Valarie Allman (US)
Hammer 80.31 | 263-6 DeAnna Price (US)
Javelin 71.40 | 234-3 Maria Andrejczyk (Poland)
Heptathlon 6791 Nafi Thiam (Belgium)